National Blood Services Act of 1994

• World Blood Donor day takes place on June 14 each year. The aim is to raise global awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products for transfusion and of the critical contribution voluntary, unpaid blood donors make to national health systems.
• Of the 118.5 million blood donations collected globally, 40% of these are collected in high income countries, home to 16% of the world's population.
• An increase of 10.7 million blood donations from voluntary unpaid donors has been reported from 2008-2018
• In total, 79 countries collect over 90% of their blood supply from voluntary unpaid blood donors; however 54 countries collect more than 50% of their blood supply from family/replacement or paid donors.
• DOH finally realize it's goal of collecting one million blood units from the total population; two decades after the national blood services act of 1994 was signed into law.
• December 2017, the country's goal to obtain the 1% (1 Million blood units) bloodblood collection from the total population was achieved and collected 1, 120, 408 blood units. This represents a significant contribution to the global call for a 100% voluntary blood donation by the World Health Organization (WHO)
• the national voluntary blood services program (NVBSP) of the department of health is targeting it's blood donation program this year.
• Republic Act No. 7719 known as the National Blood Services Act of 1994

  • promulgating voluntary donations, providing for an adequate supply of safe blood banks and providing penalties for violation thereof.
  • VOLUNTARY: OWN INITIATIVE
  • Approved on May 5, 1994 by Pres. Fidel V. Ramos
• Section 2: Declaration of Policies

  • to promote and encourage voluntary blood donation by the principle that blood donation is a humanitarian act
• Humanitarian act: doing blood donation to promote human welfare, save lives, relieve suffering and maintain human dignity
• Legal principle of blood transfusion is a professional medical service and not a sale of a commodity
• Formal and Non-formal education are allowed to teach the benefits and rationale in the existing health subjects
• Restraining commercial blood banks - blood donation is not considered as business
• Commercial Blood bank exists for profit
• Blood collection unit is an institution of facility duly authorized by the department of health to recruit and screen donors and collect blood
• Walking blood donor is an individual included in the list of qualified voluntary blood donors referred to in section 4 who is ready to donate blood when needed in his/her community
• Voluntary donation shall be promoted through:

  • Public education
  • Promotion in Schools
  • Professional education
  • Establishment of blood services network
  • Walking donors
• Funds for national voluntary blood services program provided by the government through the following institutions:

  • PCSO - 25,000,000
  • PAGCOR - 25,000,000
  • Duty free - 20,000,000
• TRUE OR FALSE: both government and private hospitals are encouraged and required to establish the said program

  True
• Veterans Memorial Medical Center (government hospital) have blood donation program: Operation lifeline establish on 1989
• All commercial blood banks shall be phased out over a period of 2 years after effectivity of thi act and extended a maximum performance of 2 years by the secretary.
• Acceptable maximum allowable processing fee for blood components:

  • Whole blood - 1800
  • Pack Red cells - 1500
  • Platelet, Frozen Plasma, Cryoprecipitate, Cryosupernate - 1000
• equipment, blood bags, and reagents used for the screening and testing donors, collection and processing and storage of bloodshall be imported tax and duty free by the PNRC, blood banks and hospitals participating actively in NVBSP
• Rules and regulations governing the collection, processing, and provision of human blood and the establishment and operation of blood banks shall remain in force unless amended or revised by the secretary
• rules and regulation shall be promulgated sixty days from the approval thereof
• any center which shall collect charges and fees greater than maximum prescribed by the department shall have its license suspended or revoked by the secretary

  imprisonment: not less than 1 month nor more than 6 months

  fine: not less than 5k nor more than 50k
• any person who shall establish a blood bank without LTO from the department or fails to comply with standards prescribed

  Imprisonment: not less than 12 years nor more than 20 years

  Fine: not less than 50k nor more than 500k
• head of bb and the necessary personnel under the heads direct supervision found responsible for dispensing, transfusing and failing to dispose within 48 hours blood who h have been proven contaminated shall be imprisoned for ten years
• Criteria for Donor Selection

  • Age: 17-65 years old 16 below needs parents concern
  • Weight: 50kgs or 110lbs
  • Hemoglobin: > 12.5 g/dL
  • Hematocrit: > 38%
  • Tempt: Oral temp not to exceed 37.5 C or 99.5 F
  • Pulse: 50-100 beats / minute
• BP

  - AABB: 180 mmHg - Systolic; 100mmHg Diastolic

  - Philippines: 90 - 160 - Systolic; 60 - 100 diastolic
• Skin lesions is cause for indefinite deferral
• Temporary deferral

  • active disease under treatment like cold, flu, tb, syphilis, infections
  • Curable disease of: heart, lung, kidney, liver, gastrointestinal tract; treatment with antibiotics
• Three years deferral

  • immigrant
  • refugee coming from an area considered endemic for malaria
  • three years after departure
  • three years after becoming asymptomatic